The Pulps (Bookhounds of London)
A while back now, I talked about the kinds of campaign that could be played in the Bookhounds game universe: Technicolor, Arabesque and Sordid, each of which could be played in a Pulp or Purist style....
View ArticleThe Rental Library (Bookhounds of London)
A while ago now I had cause to mention George Orwell's essay on running a book store. Among the topics covered was the store's rental library, something that was very common in Orwell's day but is...
View ArticlePatreon? Hmmmm
I want to discuss something with you.Recently I've been looking at outlets for short fiction, and possibly also for GUMSHOE style scenarios. The GUMSHOE stuff would have to be under the open license,...
View ArticleAs I Sailed: Captain Kidd's Treasure
My name was Captain Kidd, as I sailedMy name was Captain Kidd, as I sailedMy name was Captain Kidd, and much wickedness I did, And God's laws I did forbid, as I sailed.Some of you may have noticed that...
View ArticleBuried Treasure (Trail of Cthulhu)
... one day this Indian named Glode was out in his canoe. He had his little girl with him and when they got to a place where there is a point of land, he saw a ship sailing towards them. They were...
View ArticleNot Quite Review Corner: Invisible Inc (Klei)
Welcome to another installment, in which I'm going to talk about Klei Entertainment's stealthy roguelike, Invisible Inc. I just picked this up on Steam yesterday, and have been playing obsessively for...
View ArticleSome Housecleaning and Other Strangeness (Monte Cook Games)
First, a bit of news. The scenario I wrote for YSDC, The Long Con, has been nominated for a UK Game Expo award. As I write this, votes have either been cast or are being cast for this award; not sure...
View ArticlePlot Points!
In case you haven't already found it, the Plot Points podcasters interviewed me a short while ago, and are putting it out on their feed. The first episode posted last week, and the second will post...
View ArticleSounds from the Stone Age (Trail of Cthulhu, Esoterrorists, Nights Black Agents)
Way back in the misty reaches of 2001, Channel Four broadcast a fascinating documentary called Secrets of the Dead: Sounds from the Stone Age. It was followed by a book on the subject by Paul Devereux,...
View ArticleKnights of the Air: Trail and the Great War
If you're looking for a video series to absorb hours of your time, I highly recommend The Great War, a YouTube channel that focuses on the events and personalities of that world-shattering conflict....
View ArticleForgotten London: Madame Tussaud's (Esoterrorists, Night's Black Agents,...
When last I discussed forgotten London, it concerned a part of the city that no longer exists, the Crystal Palace. Now I want to turn my attention to something that does still stand, if not at its...
View ArticlePatreon! Less of the hmmmm
Well, I bit the bullet. After musing for a while - mainly about PayPal and its relative uselessness to me - I decided to start that Patreon I've been thinking about. For more information on that topic,...
View ArticleBuried with a Bishop (Night's Black Agents, Esoterrorists, Trail of Cthulhu)
No doubt many of you will already have heard of the baby found in the bishop's coffin, but for those who have not, Swedish archaeologists recently made a fascinating discovery in the tomb of Bishop...
View ArticleWhy Do We Own This? (Night's Black Agents)
As the Dracula Dossier nears completion, I thought it would be interesting to talk about the Conspiracy, and the assets it possesses. From the jets to the private islands, the abandoned castles and the...
View ArticleThe Argh! Boat Promises Something For Everyone (Night's Black Agents)
You may have noticed that zombie hordes are about to overrun a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, the Pearl. It's all part of a Walking Dead theme event run by Walker Stalker Con, and the Pearl will leave...
View ArticleSand and Conflict Antiquities (Night's Black Agents)
So how does the Conspiracy get its money, anyway? It takes vast sums of cold hard cash to keep those combat choppers and armies of mooks on the payroll. Not every vampire is like that ultimate...
View ArticleSkulls, Nosferatu, and Film Legend: Murnau's Skull (Night's Black Agents)
By now many of you will have heard that legendary silent film director F.W. Murnau's skull has been stolen from its resting place in Stahnsdorf, Germany. 'Satanists' have been blamed, which is a...
View ArticleNot Quite Review Corner: The Dracula Dossier (Night's Black Agents)
I backed this Kickstarter to physical copy level, but the copies have yet to arrive, so this review is based on the .pdfs alone.If Ken Hite and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan are, at this moment, incarcerated...
View ArticleGraves and Circuses: Whitby (Night's Black Agents)
It's no joke, trying to find Dracula's last resting place. According to this Guardian article, tour guides in Whitby, the town most closely associated with the Count, are forever being pestered by...
View ArticleGunpowder Treason and Me (Trail of Cthulhu)
In case you were wondering, this is how I spend my spare time. Yes, that daring fellow in the bedsheet running around on the beach is me, at the reenactment of the 1775 Gunpowder Plot, which supplied...
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